Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city Read More »
Tag Archives: Dariush Mehrjui
Mum’s Guest AKA Mehman-e maman (2004) Dariush Mehrjui, Golab Adineh, Parsa Pirouzfar, Amin Hayayee
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui, ‘Mom’s Guest’ is set against the backdrop of the Iraq-Iran war Read More »
Mr. Gullible AKA Aghaye Halou (1970) Dariush Mehrjui, Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fakhri Khorvash
A man from village goes to city, to find a job and marry a wife. Read More »
Sara (1993) Dariush Mehrjui, Niki Karimi, Yasman Malek-Nasr, Khosro Shakibai
Sara is the perfect young housewife, eager to serve. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad Read More »
Pari (1995) Dariush Mehrjui, Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Khosro Shakibai
Haunted by a book found in her dead brother’s room, Pari wanders around to find answers for a meaningful life. Read More »
The Cow AKA Gaav (1969) Dariush Mehrjui, Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahin Shahabi, Ali Nassirian
Masht Hassan owns the only cow in a remote and desolate village. He treats the cow as his own child. Read More »
The Pear Tree AKA Derakhte Golabi (1998) Dariush Mehrjui, Homayoun Ershadi, Golshifteh Farahani, Mohammad Reza Shaban-Noori
A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit. Read More »
Ejareh-Nesheenha / The Lodgers / The Tenants (1986) Dariush Mehrjui, Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Farimah Farjami, Comedy, Drama
Two brothers are involved in a dispute over a house in urban Tehran. It is only through a series of adventures with the tenants that they are able to settle their differences.
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Leila (1997) Dariush Mehrjui, Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi, Drama, Romance
Leila and Reza meet in a kind of celebration and fall for each other. Having discovered their love, they get married soon only to find out the infertility of Leila. That’s when Reza’s authoritative mother starts wheedling Leila to persuade Reza into second marriage for the sake of having a grandchild. Leila accepts at first but is unaware of her own strain threshold.
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